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In a Dallas courtroom on Thursday, writer and activist Barrett Brown was sentenced to 63 months in prison and was ordered to pay a little more than $890,000 in restitution and fines, according to reports.

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For the security industry, the tide is shifting. Executives and boards are recognizing future ROI benefits in beefing up security when alerted to the potential of a three to five percent sales decline following a data breach.

A third of UK organisations have critical vulnerabilities that could be
exploited by hackers. This has dropped from 61% in 2006

- Risks in financial sector 16%

Organisations in the financial sector face a growing number of
threats

Source: NTA Monitor Annual Security Report 2007

- Phishing Field is evening out at the top

The number of phishing emails has dropped by almost two thirds, while
the number of sites continues to increase. In marked contrast to
previous months, attacks have focused on two targets in almost equal
measure rather than focusing on one prime target. For the first time,
customers of The Cooperative Bank were aggressively targeted by a
phishing campaign, while Barclays clients had a relatively peaceful
month after topping the chart in May.

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